[Advanced] Secondary Orbital Interactions – A Rationale For Why Endo Products Are Favored  In our last post, we noted that endo products tend to be favored over exo products in the Diels-Alder reaction.Â…
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Aromatic Synthesis (1) - "Order Of Operations"Posted on: Oct 15, 2018
More Reactions on the Aromatic Sidechain: Reduction of Nitro Groups and the Baeyer ViPosted on: Oct 08, 2018
The Retro Diels-Alder ReactionPosted on: Oct 01, 2018
The Cope EliminationPosted on: Sep 24, 2018
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (2) - ArynesPosted on: Sep 17, 2018
said in Dihydroxylation of alkenes with cold, dilute KMnO4 to give vicinal diols - What affect does the pH of the solution have on the oxidation? →
said in Diels-Alder Reaction: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control - You're right, Slim - things work slowly around here. On the fix list! →
said in Diels-Alder Reaction: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control - I think your furan-maleic anhydride product is still endo, as pointed out by Bart. →
said in Introduction to Assigning (R) and (S): The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Rules - I have a lot of trouble rotating molecules in my head, so these tips feel like magic to me!!! Thank you soooo ... →
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